tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post330289047703198658..comments2017-05-18T02:59:47.463-07:00Comments on clashing hats: Ah, the edited volume...Hilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-53582165345425320772008-12-15T18:17:00.000-08:002008-12-15T18:17:00.000-08:00Of course the other way to look at that quality th...Of course the other way to look at that quality thing is to realize that your standards are pretty high and thus anything you think is "pretty good" is probably good enough to send off to a journal or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Not getting stuff in for deadlines is a pretty notorious problem in academe. Certainly if you are submitting to an edited volume because you think it'll be out faster than a journal article, you should think again. At least journals come out regularly and have editors to harrass reviewers.JoVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280723520638028062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-11396690906932113922008-12-15T16:48:00.000-08:002008-12-15T16:48:00.000-08:00Sis - Hey, send your article our way. The fit coul...Sis - Hey, send your article our way. The fit couldn't be any worse than some of the pieces we already have! :) <BR/><BR/>Maggie - Yeah, I'd say 1/5 of our authors had their drafts ready for us by the specified date. And it's true that - as your editors said - reading a good, coherent essay is a massive breath of fresh air in this process!!Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-51893520869663634202008-12-15T04:54:00.000-08:002008-12-15T04:54:00.000-08:00Gah-- edited volumes. I appreciate your commitmen...Gah-- edited volumes. I appreciate your commitment to the project and your work ethic, because every story I've heard has been full of angst.<BR/><BR/>While I have never edited a volume of anything, I've contributed to two, and my experiences were illuminating.<BR/><BR/>For the first, I submitted my essay a day before the editors' deadline. This caused them to lavish so much praise on me, I began to worry immediately... and sure enough, the volume was not published for fully three more years.<BR/><BR/>The second time around was last year. My co-author and I wrote a solid little essay-- certainly nothing earth-shattering, but solid. The editor lavished us with praise, telling us it would be the best in the book.<BR/><BR/>These instances have scared me off editing anything for awhile, I must say. Because if *I* am the most responsible contributor to something? That's alarming!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047700345491098393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-14650854677233861152008-12-14T21:59:00.000-08:002008-12-14T21:59:00.000-08:00One guy in my cohort put together a volume in rena...One guy in my cohort put together a volume in renaissance stuff the year he went out and didn't get any job offers; he says it helped make him competitive the next year but, yeah, it was a crapload of work and worry. <BR/><BR/>But obviously you need to put my rejected essay in your anthology! Its only problem is, as the reviewers said, a la Samuel Johnson, that the good parts are not original and the original parts are not good. That and I think it has almost nothing to do with your topic (it does have some women in it, though).Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com